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Letters Patent'No. 79,636, dated 'July 7, 1868.

MPROVMENT IN lil'OiP-lOLES.v

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Be i1. known that I, LUMAN B, CLARK, of Bainbridge, in the county of Chonnngo, und State' of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HoplPoles; and I do hereby declare tht the following is e. full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the nrt .to make'and use the saine, referl ence being'phed to the accompanying drawing, forming port of this specification, in whichm' v l Figure 1 represents o., view of my improved pole fixed in the ground..

Figure 2 represents n' view of the base of the same, with the topportion taken ofi.-

Stniiar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y y A The nntpre of my invention relates-to improvements4 in *poles used for raising hops, beans, peas, or any othe: climbing vegetable, whereby it is designed to 'provde poles thait may be more rendily und securely set into the ground, and which may bo removed from the supporting port,whicl1 is driven into the ground, and be readily replaced again; vand it consists in providing n. tapered post of scnntling, which may be driven into the ground, land which may form* a. baise,'vto which the poles muy be attached'or readily detached, as will. be,moro fully described. I N

A represents n. base, formed of apiece of timber, of suitable size, with n tapered point, for driving into the ground. B represents staples, thnt moy he driven into the sides of the upper end of the some, und vC represents the upper portionof the poles, Which-moy have their lower ends tapered, to fit securely in the said-staples, the

upper stapies being preferablymade larger-than the lower ones. The same muy be Vdriven into ull the sd of the post, and thereby support four, six; or any other number` of bronches or upper detachable portions, thereby, providing means for the vines to 4seperatc'imore. than o single pole will do. Instead ofthe staples B, metal bands nay be used, or any similar means, for holding the two parts together.

By this arrangement, I um enablcd'to provide-poles that mcy be more securely fastened into the'grouud, us with the single pole, tha.t has itslower end forced. into the ground, n hole must first be dug or nitido with a bnr of iron, and then'the pole is forced into it by raising itup thelhnnd, and forcing it down by the combined weight of the polesnd the power of the hand; but this is ai very unsatisfactory means, und Agenerallyfoils to securelarge poles with'a. sufficient degree of stability, whereas, by the use of myiniproved arrangement of poles, Ithe part which enters the ground may bereedilydriven in to any extent by' means of a. sledge or' maui, and be'therehy verytirrrilysecurod.-l

Another important odvrtntngey of my improvement isthat, after the crop has been harvested, 'the top por; tionso'the poles may be gathered up and. stored under` protection oil-cover from-the inclemeney o i'- tho weather, und, being` removed, thus facilitate drivingiover vthe ground with wagonsor the purpose of manuring the some, or for cultivating it, when such vines, es hops, are under cultivation, where' the some rootproduces crops from yearto yenr, and when the poles r required' to 'stand for many seasons; :1nd, vvhen it is time for the erop to groiv again, the poles muy vbe restored'to their places in the portions remaining in the ground.

By inserting the staples inA the sides ofthe Wedge C, the lnttcrcari be' driven .further into the ground, endV rosen-when loosenedA by the fros-tor fromibther causes, 'without removing the poles C fromthe staples. p

Hvaving'thns described my invention, .I claim as new, und desire. to secure by Letters Patent- The hop-pole, consisting of the wedge IA`,' la.ternl staples B, and polssC, all constructed as describedgwher'eby it cnnV be driven into the ground, and reset, y when loosened by the frost, 'or'from other causes, without disturbing the vines, us herein shown andidescribcdf '4 The above'specicntionof my invention signed byiue, thisflth doy of February, 1868.

` l LUMA N B. CLARK.

Witnesses:

Eminem Buter, .Grssnou Mons. 

